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IT1008 - SOFTWARE TESTING

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2008.

Eigth Semester

Information Technology

(Regulation 2004)


PART A - (10x2 = 20 Marks)


1. Compare Validation and Verification

2. Define Software quality.

3. What is White box testing?

4. Describe following axioms.

(a) Monotonicity.

(b) Antiextensionality.

5. WHat are the goals of integration testing?

6. Write a note on installation testing.

7. Write a note on Cocomo model.

8. Give the hierarchy of test plans.

9. What is project monitoring?

10. List any fourbenefits of review program.



PART B - ( 5x16 = 80 Marks )

11. (a) Give the internal structure of TMM and Explain about its maturity goals at each level. [16 marks]

Or

(b) (i) Write in brief about principles of software testing. [ 10 marks ]

(ii) Write a note on defect repository [ 6 Marks ]

12. (a) (i) Explain about the following methods of black box testing with example.

(1) Equivalence class partitioning. [ 6 Marks ]

(2) Boundary value analysis. [ 6 Marks ]

(ii) Write a note on COTS components. [ 4 Marks ]

Or

(b) (i) Explain briefly about path and cyclomatic complexity. [ 6 Marks ]

(ii) Write a note on the following

(1) Loop testing [ 5 Marks ]

(2)Mutation testing. [ 5 Marks ]

13. (a) Explain elobrately about the various types of system testing.[ 16 Marks ]

Or

(b) Discuss the importance of following:

(i) Security Testing [ 4 Marks ]

(ii) Alpha Testing [ 4 Marks ]

(iii) Beta Testing [ 4 Marks ]

(iv) Acceptance testing [ 4 Marks ]

14. (a) (i) Explain the steps in forming a test group [ 8 Marks ]

(ii) Explain in brief about test cost impact items [ 8 Marks ]

Or

(b) Explain elaborately about the basic test plan components as described in IEEE 829-1983. [16 Marks]

15. (a) (i) Write a summary about the following types of reviews

(1) Requirements reviews [ 5 Marks ]

(2) Design reviews.[ 5 Marks ]

(ii) Write a note on five stop test criteria based on quantitative approach. [ 6 Marks ]

Or

(b) (i) What is software configuration management ? [ 3 Marks ]

(ii) Explain about the four major activities associated with configuration management.[ 13 Marks]


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